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Why Grounding is Critical to Data Center Uptime?
Data centers need to achieve unprecedented levels of uptime to keep pace with modern business demands To achieve these uptime goals, data center managers are paying increased attention to facility infrastructure issues, including the network grounding system.
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Email Paul Fettuccia, Vice President
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Opportunities for Combined Heat and Power in Data Centers
Data centers represent a rapidly growing and very energy intensive activity in commercial, educational, and government facilities. In the last five years the growth of this sector was the electric power equivalent to seven new coal-fired power plants. Data centers consume 1.5% of the total power in the U.S. Growth over the next five to ten years is expected to require a similar increase in power generation.
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Email Marvin Shandler, Product Line Manager, Power Serivces
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The Importance of Lightning Protection
"The average 30,000 A lightning strike to a tower will result in approximately $25k in equipment damage throughout most of the United States and Canada." A hilltop standard 60 foot PCS tower can expect a hit once every fourteen years, a hilltop 150 foot tower can expect a hit once every other year, and a hilltop 300 foot tower can expect 1.89 hits every year. These lightning strike frequencies may be halved if on flat terrain, doubled if on the east coast, and tripled if along the gulf or in Florida.
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Email Erik Reidell, Product Line Manager, Tower Services
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Tools for Construction Trade Put to the Test
Thousands of electrical products go into the average home or building. But how do you know they’re safe? The answer often is that they’ve been tested and given the seal of approval by Underwriters Laboratories.
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Upcoming Events:
PCIA 2009
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September 21 - 24
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Chicago, IL
October 21 - 23
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Dear Valued Customer;
Welcome to another edition of our monthly E-Newsletter. Your single source for information associated with the wire-line & wireless communications services industries.
The current issue will explore news and issues in power, particularly in grounding. Proper grounding design, processes, and products are examined. We end the issue with an article on the Underwriters Laboratories which provide safty testing for electrical products and equipment.
We welcome your comments and we look forward to hearing from you. This is a complicated industry, and with our hard work and your feedback I am certain that we will create an insightful & interesting E-Newsletter for you to enjoy. please feel free to email us at telecommunicationstimes@anscorporate.com.
Paul Fettuccia
Vice President
ANS, Advanced Network Solutions
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